I heard this joke long ago, about accountants, but now feels maybe its about AI agents. Firm was hiring new person. Call in an engineer. Resume is great, love their experiences, and at the interview's end, ask, "what's 1+1?" 1/4 #joke #funny #comedy #accountant #engineer #statistician #AIagent
Engineer says, "tests out between 1.99999999 and 2.00000001." Thank them. Then interview a statistician. Great training and references. They ask "what's 1+1?" Statistician says, "it's within one standard deviation of 2." Finally, interview an accountant. 2/4 #joke #funny #comedy #AIagents
Worked for the IRS and also corporations, well balanced. They ask, "what is 1+1?" Accountant gets up, closes the office door, sits back down, leans in, and with a twinkle in their eye asks, "what do you want it to be?" 3/4 #joke #funny #comedy #accountant #engineer #statistician #AIagent
[The guess-the-next-word machine, which is kinda what LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude and the rest are, don't have a firm grasp of reality. We ought not to trust them completely: check their work scrupulously.] #joke #funny #comedy #accountant #engineer #statistician #AIagent #AIethics